Barbara Helen
@doxiemominnj.bsky.social
Mom of 3 daughters and 2 dachshunds in NJ. Love to travel. Blue dot in red county. Unapologetic liberal. #woolfer.
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Please consider this GoFundMe for the 5 year old autistic boy who was exposed to racial slur. The woman who yelled the n-word at him has raised over $400k. This child and his family deserve better.
gofund.me/4e8a6bcd
gofund.me/4e8a6bcd
Donate to Help Us Seek Justice for a 5-Year-Old Facing Racial Hate, organized by Rochester Branch NAACP
On April 30, 2025, in a City of Rochester public park, a whit… Rochester Branch NAACP needs your support for Help Us Seek Justice for a 5-Year-Old Facing Racial Hate
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May 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Please consider this GoFundMe for the 5 year old autistic boy who was exposed to racial slur. The woman who yelled the n-word at him has raised over $400k. This child and his family deserve better.
gofund.me/4e8a6bcd
gofund.me/4e8a6bcd
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Project 2025 is here. Trump is implementing all of it. His denials were typical Trump lies, repeated by his allies in the media who wanted him to win.
Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs
Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination
Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Project 2025 is here. Trump is implementing all of it. His denials were typical Trump lies, repeated by his allies in the media who wanted him to win.
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He pardoned EVERY SINGLE PERSON... I won't hold my breath for people to be outraged.
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
He pardoned EVERY SINGLE PERSON... I won't hold my breath for people to be outraged.
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1/President Trump just issued Executive Order to revoke #securityclearances of 51 signatories, eight of whom I rep, who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter in 2020.
But here's the problems with it:
Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
But here's the problems with it:
Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLEFOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
1/President Trump just issued Executive Order to revoke #securityclearances of 51 signatories, eight of whom I rep, who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter in 2020.
But here's the problems with it:
Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
But here's the problems with it:
Ignore fact that no President has ever done this before.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.
January 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order” a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power.
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I never buy Oreos because then I'll eat the Oreos,
so instead I look in my pantry every day and I'm
disappointed that I don't have any Oreos.
~a tragic personal memoir
so instead I look in my pantry every day and I'm
disappointed that I don't have any Oreos.
~a tragic personal memoir
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I never buy Oreos because then I'll eat the Oreos,
so instead I look in my pantry every day and I'm
disappointed that I don't have any Oreos.
~a tragic personal memoir
so instead I look in my pantry every day and I'm
disappointed that I don't have any Oreos.
~a tragic personal memoir
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
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I love Matt Damon because he is a famous movie star who writes, produces, and acts and who will also show up for five minutes in random movies for a joke or to be a villain in like three scenes. Dude just likes movies and I dig it.
January 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I love Matt Damon because he is a famous movie star who writes, produces, and acts and who will also show up for five minutes in random movies for a joke or to be a villain in like three scenes. Dude just likes movies and I dig it.
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Gonna be a big day online for armchair lawyers without a law degree who yesterday were experts on water distribution systems in LA.
Be careful who you listen to today (and every day).
Be careful who you listen to today (and every day).
January 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Gonna be a big day online for armchair lawyers without a law degree who yesterday were experts on water distribution systems in LA.
Be careful who you listen to today (and every day).
Be careful who you listen to today (and every day).
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Worth reminding
January 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Worth reminding
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January 9, 2025
January 9, 2025
Family members, friends, and political leaders gathered today at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former president Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at age 100.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
January 9, 2025
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Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
January 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”
A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”
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Eyes wide open people 👀
Imagine waking up and losing everything. Running from your cars with just the clothes on your back.🔥
Now, imagine Trump denying aid to your state.
Imagine waking up and losing everything. Running from your cars with just the clothes on your back.🔥
Now, imagine Trump denying aid to your state.
During Covid
Donald Trump tried to withhold giving aid to Blue states
Because they didn’t vote for him
So it should come as no surprise
That as the LA fires destroy entire neighborhoods
Leaving thousands homeless and devastated
Instead of offering to help
Trump attacks Gavin Newsom
Donald Trump tried to withhold giving aid to Blue states
Because they didn’t vote for him
So it should come as no surprise
That as the LA fires destroy entire neighborhoods
Leaving thousands homeless and devastated
Instead of offering to help
Trump attacks Gavin Newsom
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Eyes wide open people 👀
Imagine waking up and losing everything. Running from your cars with just the clothes on your back.🔥
Now, imagine Trump denying aid to your state.
Imagine waking up and losing everything. Running from your cars with just the clothes on your back.🔥
Now, imagine Trump denying aid to your state.
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I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 AM
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
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Momentous events in Syria this morning. The 54 year rule of the Assad family appears to be over, with rebel forces taking to state TV claiming President Assad has fled Damascus.
The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.
The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.
December 8, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Momentous events in Syria this morning. The 54 year rule of the Assad family appears to be over, with rebel forces taking to state TV claiming President Assad has fled Damascus.
The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.
The prime minister has said he will hand over power to the opposition and has called for elections.
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“76% of respondents said that they could no longer treat patients in accordance with evidence-based medicine.
21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so;
13% had decided to retire early.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so;
13% had decided to retire early.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 AM
“76% of respondents said that they could no longer treat patients in accordance with evidence-based medicine.
21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so;
13% had decided to retire early.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
21% said that they were either considering leaving the state or already planning to do so;
13% had decided to retire early.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Oklahoma schools have gone from 7th in the nation to 49th in the nation in the ~12 years Republicans have controlled the school system.
November 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Oklahoma schools have gone from 7th in the nation to 49th in the nation in the ~12 years Republicans have controlled the school system.